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KMID : 0882420070730030311
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2007 Volume.73 No. 3 p.311 ~ p.316
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A case of metastatic malignant melanoma of the stomach and liver
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Yu Byung-Hyun
Ma Se-Woong
Nam Hyo-Sung
Jung Kee-Myoung
Jee Sang-Chul
Kim Jung-Wook
Lee Yong-Ju
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Abstract
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Malignant melanoma is a common malignancy that has potential to metastasize to any site. Metastatic disease
involving the stomach and liver are difficult clinical problem and presenting symptoms include weight loss, fatigue,
and nonspecific epigastric pain. Laboratory results, barium X-ray study, endoscopy, CT, arteriography, and MRI
suggest a metastatic malignant melnoma of the stomach and liver. The diagnosis may be confirmed by endoscopic
biopsy of the stomach and aspiration needle biopsy of the liver. Metastatic melanoma is generally incurable, with
survival in patients with visceral metastases generally <1 year. A case is reported of a metastatic malignant
melanoma of the stomach and liver in a 60-year-old male patient, that was discovered 11 years after an
enucleation of a choroidal melanoma of the right eye.(Korean J Med 73:311-316, 2007)
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KEYWORD
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Metastatic malignant melanoma, Stomach, Liver
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